Bag splitting and dispensing device



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Patented Oct. 16, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BAG SPLITTING AND DISPENSING DEVICE George T. Sutch, Lake Geneva, Wis.

Application December 20, 1949, Serial No. 133,973

This invention relates to a device for splitting bags or sacks and means for removing the contents from the bags or sacks.

The object of this invention is to provide a bag splitting device which is simple in design and more efficient in operation.

Another object of this invention is to provide a bag splitting device capable of using the bags or sacks as a container until the contents thereofare extracted.

Another object of this invention is to provide an agitator within the bag splitting device capable of removing the contents of the bag or sack in a rapid and efficient manner.

A further object of this invention is to provide means for splitting bags or sacks when the bags or sacks initially fail to split.

The invention will best be understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not to be confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the claimed features of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of the invention;

Fig. 2 shows an end elevation view of the invention;

Fig. 3 shows a side elevation view of the handle and cutting knife.

Referring now to the drawings in more detail and especially in Fig. 1, the numeral H indicates in general a receptacle or box having end walls l2 and side walls l3. The lower portions of the side walls l3 are slanted inwardly to the bottom I4 of the receptacle H.

Mounted within the receptacle II is a device for splitting the bags and sacks, indicated generally by the numeral 15. The bag splitting device l5 consists of a 60 triangle or wedge l6 having sides I! and I8, and a bottom I9. A cutting knife is slidably mounted between the uppermost extension of the sides I! and I8.

A handle 2| is secured to the knife 20 which extends through the end wall ll of the receptacle I I. cut away so as to permit movement of the knife 20 upon bolts 23 or the like. Said bolts 23 also secure the knife 20 between the sides I! and [8 of the wedge It.

The sides I! and IB, and the bottom I9 of the Portions of the shank 22 of the knife 20 are r 5 Claims. (01. 214- 1.1)

2 wedge l6 have a series of apertures 24, as shown in Fig. 1. Housed within the wedge I6 is a shaft 25, one end 26 of which terminates in the end wall l2 of receptacle II. The other end 21 protrudes through the end wall l2 and is keyed to a power source 28.

Keyed or press-fitted to the shaft 25 is an elongated sleeve 29; Integrally mounted to the sleeve 29 are a series of raking fingers 3B spaced apart. The raking fingers 30 protrude through the apertures 24 of the wedge l6, as indicated generally in Figs. 1 and 2.

Extending down from the wedge [6 are supports 3! and 32, with cut-out portions 33, which are secured to the bottom I4 of the receptacle In operation the desired bag or sack is dropped within the receptacle l l upon the wedge I 6. The bag is split by the protruding cutting knife 20 allowing the sides of the split bag to drift downward around the wedge IS. The shaft 25 is then operated causing the raking fingers 30 to turn in a clockwise fashion, thereby extracting the contents of the bag or sack through the apertures 24 causing said contents to fall upon the feed gate 34 or the like.

The side walls I3 of the receptacle H are so constructed as to enable the split edges of the bag or sack to remain in a position close to the wedge [6, as shown in Fig. 2. Any material escaping from the bag or sack falls through the apertures 33 onto the feed gate 34.

In the event that a bag or sack is not split by the initial dropping thereof the cutting knife may be operated by grasping the handle 2| and working the cutting knife 20 back and forth.

I claim:

1. A bag splitting device comprising a substantially rectangular receptacle, a wedge member mounted within the receptacle, said wedge member having means for carrying an elongated knife member protruding from its apex for initially cutting the bag, said wedge member housing a rotatable shaft having a plurality of raking fingers so constructed and positioned as to protrude through a plurality of slots provided in the walls of said wedge to cooperate in removing the contents from the bag.

2. A bag splitting device comprising a substantially rectangular receptacle having the lower portion of its side walls slanting inwardly, a triangular wedge member mounted longitudinal to the side walls and within the receptacle, said wedge member having means for carrying an elongated knife member protruding from its apex for initially cutting the bag and means for permitting lateral movement of the cutting knife in the apex of the wedge member, said wedge member housing a rotatable shaft having a plurality of raking fingers so constructed and positioned as to protrude through a plurality of slots provided in the walls of said wedge to cooperate in removing the contents from the bag.

3. A bag splitting device comprising a substantially rectangular receptacle, a triangular wedge member mounted longitudinal to the side walls and within the receptacle, an elongated knife member having spaced longitudinal slotted portions in operative engagement with stops in the apex of the wedge member for mounting of the knife and to permit lateral reciprocating movement of the cutting knife by means located outside the receptacle, said wedge member housing a rotatable shaft having a plurality of raking fingers so constructed and positioned as to protrude through a plurality of slots provided in the walls of said wedge to cooperate in removing the contents from the bag.

4. A bag splitting device comprising the combination of a substantially rectangular receptacle having the lower portion of its side walls slanting inwardly, a triangular wedge member mounted longitudinal to the side walls and within the receptacle, an elongated knife member, of greater length than said wedge member, having 'spaced longitudinal slotted portions in operative engagement with stops in the apex of the wedge member for mounting the knife and to permit lateral reciprocating movement of the cutting knife by means located outside the receptacle, said wedge member housing a rotatable shaft substantially the same length as said wedge member having a plurality of raking fingers so constructed and positioned as to protrude through a plurality of slots provided in the walls of said wedge to cooperate in removing the contents from the bag.

5. A bag splitting device comprising the combination of a substantially rectangular receptacle having the lower portion of its side walls slanting inwardly to keep the split ends of the bag in a closed position, a triangular wedge member mounted longitudinal to the side walls and within the receptacle, an elongated knife member, of greater length than said wedge member, having spaced longitudinal slotted portions in operative engagement with stops in the apex of the wedge member for mounting the knife and to permit lateral reciprocating movement of the cutting knife by means located outside the receptacle, said wedge member housing a rotatable shaft substantially the same length as said wedge member having a plurality of raking fingers so constructed and positioned as to protrude through a plurality of slots provided in the walls of said wedge to cooperate in removing the contents from the bag, and spaced openings provided in-downward extensions from the base of the wedge member to permit easy removal of any contents from the bag which may fall to the bottom of said receptacle.

GEORGE T. SU'ICH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,885,978 Robrick Nov. 1, 1932 2,078,599 McCauley Apr. 27, 1937 2,200,757 Miller May 14, 1940 2,306,426 Bundy Deer-29, 1942 

